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Eco-efficiency in the SMEs of Venezuela. Current status and future perspectives

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dc.contributor.author Fernández-Viñé, María Blanca es_ES
dc.contributor.author Gómez-Navarro, Tomás es_ES
dc.contributor.author Capuz-Rizo, Salvador F. es_ES
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-26T07:12:12Z
dc.date.available 2018-07-26T07:12:12Z
dc.date.issued 2010 es_ES
dc.identifier.issn 0959-6526 es_ES
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10251/106308
dc.description.abstract [EN] This paper presents a comparison analysis of eco-efficiency in the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) of Venezuela. The research can be divided into three parts: the first part reviews similar studies in the literature on the level of eco-efficiency exhibited by the companies of Venezuela and other countries. In the second place, the findings of a survey conducted on Venezuelan SMEs allowed the definition of 54 eco-efficiency profiles. Thirdly, six national experts in cleaner production and eco-efficiency were interviewed. The interview was based on a questionnaire similar to that used in the survey of the Venezuelan SMEs. At a second meeting, the experts were asked to discuss on the similarities and differences between their answers and those of the company's managers. The findings of the survey allow us to conclude that Venezuelan SMEs understand the legal environmental regulations that affect them but they do not perceive the influence of external driving forces like customers demand for green products or institutional incentives. The adoption of eco-efficiency practices is not perceived as an incentive to improve competitiveness so that the environmental strategies adopted generally aim at reducing costs or avoiding non-compliance sanctions and negative effects on the company image. Materials recycling and reuse, especially packaging materials, are common practices; however, other environmental tools or practices have not been implemented yet, e.g. environmental management systems (EMS), process, product and services design tools based on the product life cycle, renewable energy resources or green marketing. There are also differences among the eight industrial sectors analyzed, food and chemical industries having the higher index of eco-efficiency practices, and plastic and wood industries the lower. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. es_ES
dc.language Inglés es_ES
dc.publisher Elsevier es_ES
dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Cleaner Production es_ES
dc.rights Reconocimiento - No comercial - Sin obra derivada (by-nc-nd) es_ES
dc.subject Eco-efficiency es_ES
dc.subject Small and medium sized enterprises es_ES
dc.subject Cleaner production es_ES
dc.subject Ecodesign es_ES
dc.subject Environmental management systems es_ES
dc.subject.classification PROYECTOS DE INGENIERIA es_ES
dc.title Eco-efficiency in the SMEs of Venezuela. Current status and future perspectives es_ES
dc.type Artículo es_ES
dc.identifier.doi 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.005 es_ES
dc.rights.accessRights Abierto es_ES
dc.contributor.affiliation Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Proyectos de Ingeniería - Departament de Projectes d'Enginyeria es_ES
dc.description.bibliographicCitation Fernández-Viñé, MB.; Gómez-Navarro, T.; Capuz-Rizo, SF. (2010). Eco-efficiency in the SMEs of Venezuela. Current status and future perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production. 18(8):736-746. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.005 es_ES
dc.description.accrualMethod S es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversion http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.12.005 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpinicio 736 es_ES
dc.description.upvformatpfin 746 es_ES
dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion es_ES
dc.description.volume 18 es_ES
dc.description.issue 8 es_ES
dc.relation.pasarela S\38632 es_ES


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